The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-06
THE SOCIALISTS BADLY DEFEAT.
ED IN CGICAGO
BY Roche, the Republican Candidate
for Mayor, Who Gets 10000
Majority.
THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
SUSTAINS A DEFEAT
At the Polls in Michigan-DemOcrats
Victorious in the 1t. LOUIS
Elections.

OHlCAGo, ILL April 0.-Ine United
Labor party polled today just one.hslf
OF the humber of votes it's leaders had
pred icted three nights ago, before
Robert Neleon, their candidate for
Mayor, distinctly declared for the red
flag. He said in public if Sunday
school children could march in pro.
cession with their chosen banners and
no American ff4g, he saw no reason
why workingmen, ii equally orderly,
could not do the same, even II the
color of their banner was red. Since
then the campaign has been fought
soie'y on that issue, and The result is a
surprise to everyone, socialists and
anti.soc 'a'ists alike. Two United La.
Dor Aldermen are the only succ sssful
candidates OF that party. Their gen.
eral ticket is buried under a msjorlty
OF $4,000 votes. 1t was only last night
that the socialist organizer, Grusn.
hut, mads the assertion that the seven
condemned anarchists would be eaved
by his party polling at least their 30,-
600 pledged votes, electlDg socialist
City Treasurer, their entire West Town
ticket a1d six Aldermen. The party
polled, in round numbers, about 90
900 votes. "We have only had the old
socialist vote" said Gruenhut, sadly,
tonight: 1t w.sa q perfect day 30 far as
sunshine was concerned. The air va'
chilly and raw, but it Is conceded that
no voters we're kept OF home by the
weather. There was no'sble absenca
of drunkenness. The United Labor
party had made it campaign cry thai
not man on their ticket would owe
his election to votes purchased with
whisky. A socialist ticket peddler
dropping dead at the polla, probably Of
heart disease, was the nearest approach
to a tragic incident. Not a single sc.
rious row occurred during the day. In
the ehsencs OF q Democratic ticket, the
Democrats who voted cast their ballots
almost unanimously for the Repubi-
can candidates 1t is eetimated that
about 10 per cent. of the Democrats
failed to vote at all, Notwithstanding q
willingness TO vote Republican ticket
and unwilling 10 indorse the candi.
dates opposing. Throughout the day
the Republicans and their Democratic
allies industriously distributed flaming
dodgers presenting the issue of The
election as the American flag
agsins. the red. The United
Labor patty endeavored to meet this
with an equally highly colored circu.
lar charging that Mr.. Roche was an
0rangeman. The plan failed signsly,
and one OF the characteristic incidents
OF the day was the arrest, in The Fif.
teenth Ward, by Officer John Ryan, OF
Herman Groenmeyer, German go.
cialist, for too ob!ru9ively circulating
the anti Roche circulars. The arrest
nearly led to riot, but he was re-
leased on promising to desist. SINH
lar scenes were enacted in other wards
aud have led to charge bythe United
labor leaders of unwarrauted
interference on the part CT the
police. The two successful candidates
Of the United Labor party are Conner
and Dvorak for Aldermen in the Fif h
and Sixth Wards respectively. Their
election had been conceded from the
start bat the majority is smaller than
they anticipated. 1t was generally
expected that the noted socialist
George Schillirg would be elected AL
derman in the Fourteenth Ward, but
at the last moment his strength was
diverted by Riordan, Damocrat. In
many of the vsrious wards ladies' were
present distributing Prohibition tick.
cts, The candidates of that party drew
about their usual strength. The Repub.
liCana made clean sweep with theft
city and town tickets, except that Sam.
uel B. Chase, the Democratic candi-
date for Assessor of the Nor h Town
pulls through. The Democrats elected
QUE Alderman, James L. Appleton, in
the Second Ward. At midnight the
returns show the United Labor party
elected only one man in the entire
city, Connor, their candidate for
Alderman in the Fifth Ward. Dvorsk,
their Alderman in the Sixth, is de-
fested. Conner's majority is less than
400. Ths total vote for Mayor is
Roche, Republican, 5I,0S9; Nelson,
United Labor, 22,S48. Roche's ma
jorlty is 2S,24l.
In row late tonight, growing out
of too enthusiastic celebration OF
Republican victory, a young man
named Grove was fatally shot by a
bartender. The bartender was ar
rested.
SPRINGFIELD.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, April 5-The
Democrats elected their city ticket
here today, with the possible excep-
tion Of City Attorney, by decisive ma
jorities. The votes are not yet fully
counted, but the indications are that
Hay Dem gets a majority of about
800. Two years ago the Republicans
carried the city.
MIS- ,OURI.